Accountant III Supervisor at Volunteers of America Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA

Job description

• The Accountant III (Supervisor), leads assigned accounting staff efforts to provide financial information by preparing reports, maintaining accounting records and general Ledger and analyzing accounts and program expenditures. Oversees accounting services provided to Program Managers and Corporate Leadership. The position requires a combination of oversight duties and “hands-on” accounting work.

Responsibilities

• Leads assigned Accounting staff, oversees work of subordinate Accountant(s) for accuracy, prior to final submission of reports, filings or analyses; spot checks data entry; provides experience in financial analysis.
• Mentors junior accountant(s), leads in the professional development of Accounting Department, both with regards to grant accounting, but also with regards to public accounting in general.
• Maintains accounting data for multiple programs (some with multiple grants) while managing varying grant requirements
• Prepares journal entries, worksheets, and financial reports using automated as well as hands-on accounting practices following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Approves AP vouchers and codes expenses and charges
• Analyzes general ledger account and program financial situation
• Prepares monthly billing and Drawdown
• Maintains Accounting controls by following policies and procedures complying with Federal, state and local financial requirement
• Corrects errors by posting adjusting entries in Great Plain Accounting software
• Prepares monthly, quarterly, yearly closeout reports for funders
• Maintains accounts and performs complex balance reconciliation
• Provides financial analyses and supports Program budget preparation
• Creates program and corporate budgets
• Analyzes program budget vs. actual expenditures, and provides those analyses to program management to help them make operational changes
• Monitors program actual expenditures and compare to budget and works with program management to align actual expenses to budget
• Prepares billings and financial reports to grantor (monthly, quarterly and annually)
• Works with Program staff with various levels of accounting knowledge, to provide financial support to assigned programs, and to ensure that accounting policies are followed
• Other tasks as assigned
• An essential function of this position requires incumbents to report to the office
• Oversee assigned Accounting staff work product
• Maintains accounting data for multiple programs
• Provide financial analyses and participating in budget preparation
• Prepares billings and financial reports to grantor (monthly, quarterly and annually)
• Mentor Accounting Department, assist professional development.
• Other duties as required and may be subject to change

Requirements

• Must be able to pass a fingerprint clearance, background check, including criminal history, personal references, employment and education verifications
• Ability to perform under circumstances of possible emotional stress and conflicts dealing with difficult, uncooperative, and potentially aggressive clients as VOALA serves the neediest of the needy in our programs which may include clients with homelessness, mental-illness, substance abuse, recently released from incarceration and other challenges.
• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 years of general accounting experience
• 4 years of experience working in public or large publicly funded non-profit organization
• 1 year of experience leading accounting and/or audit projects and/or staff; coaching and mentoring junior accountants – with demonstrated problem solving experience
• Bachelor’s in finance, business or accounting
• Grant and Funder accounting, including preparing for Funder audits Preferred
• Strong skill with Great Plain accounting software

Skills

Required

• Accounting
• Financial reporting
• General Ledger
• GAAP
• Budget preparation
• Financial analysis
• Mentoring
• Leadership
• Problem solving
• Ability to work with difficult clients

Preferred

• Grant and Funder accounting
• Great Plain accounting software

Benefits

• BENEFITS: VOALA offers competitive medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.